Hand-embroidery needle



A. F. VO R C'E. .HAND EMBROIDERY NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-26, I920.

1,392,542, 4 Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

UNITED V STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

ALBERT F. voncn, or rinnine'ron, MICHIGAN.

HAND-EMBROIDERY NEEDLE.

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALB RT F. Vonoma citizen of the United States of Amer'1ca,,re

siding at Ludington, Mason county, State of h lichigan, have invented certain new and ends, whereby said tufting is'provided,'and,

also flowers or other raised designsmay be produced with my improved needle' I will now proceed to describe my inven tion in detail, the novel features of which I will finally point out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved needle;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3*is an'enlarged cross sectional View, the section being taken on a line 3-3 in Fig. 2. 1

My improved needle is preferably pressed out of sheet metal an d made in tubular form for the greater part of its length, the remainder or piercing portion being integral with the tubular or body portion but much smaller in diameter. I he body portion ,of my improved needle is indicated by 4 and the piercing portion by 5, the piercing portion being sheared off at an. angle, as at 6', to provide a'point 7 .Both the body portion at and piercing portion 5 are provided with a slot longitudinally thereof, said slots being indicated by 8 and 9, respectively, for the insertion of a thread, indicated by 10, and'a gage-member indicated by 11. The portion 5 is provided with an opening 12 adjacent the point 7 for the passage of the thread, said opening being the eye of the needle.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed April 26, 1920.. Serial No. 376,460. 1

Different size loops are employed "of Aiiril, 1920.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

The guard 11 consists of a yieldable resilient wire bent upon itself to form leg members, and coiled at 13 toform a spring. The longer leg member 1 1 of the guard, at thefree end thereof, is formed into a loop which slidably engages the piercing pen 5 isforced through a fabric. The loop 15 is adjustable longitudinally of the piercing portion by moving the guard as a whole longitudinally of the needle. To retain the stop 15 in adjustedpositions, I provide the body 4 of the needle with openings 16 to be engaged by the pin 17 carried by the shorter leg member 18. of the guard'll at the free end thereof. After the extent to-which the portion 5 is to be forced through a fabric has been determined, the stop 15 can be set or positioned accordingly and the pin 17 caused to engage the proper opening 16,

whereupon the stop 15 will be held against movement. The guard 11 will be applied to the needle by slipping the eye or guard 15 over thejpoint 7 and passing the'members 1 1 and 18 through the slot 8, after which the guard can be rotated, after members 14 and 18 have been placed within the body portion 4, to cause the pin 17 to aline with thegage adapted to limit the penetration of the needle, the handle provided with stops to vary the position'of the gage, the gage passing through the handle and engaging thestops from the interior of the handle.

- Signed at Ludington Mich, this 21st day ALBERT F. VCR-CE.

lVitnes'ses:

' A. R. VESTLING, F. Swnnnne 7 line of openings 16. The coil spring 13 will 55 tion' The loop 15 acts as an abutment, or stop, to limit the extent to which the portion 

